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The 2023 Forbidden Door is the upcoming second annual Forbidden Door professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and supershow co-produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and the Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It will take place on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Pro Wrestling NOAH presents GREAT MUTA FINAL 'BYE-BYE' event on January 22nd, 2023 from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama Japan. This event will feature Keiji Mutoh’s final match under The Great Muta persona as he teams up with AEW's STING & Darby Allin!
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Wrestle Kingdom 17 was a two-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotions. The first day of the event took place on January 4, 2023, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, with the second day of the event taking place on January 21, 2023, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It is the 32nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the 17th promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom name. The event was held in honor of the company's founder Antonio Inoki, who died on October 1, 2022.
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Wrestle Kingdom 17 is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion. The event will take place on January 4, 2023, at the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan.
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Noah The New Year 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on Janaury 1, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Nippon Budokan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. The show's main event portraited the final Noah appearance of The Great Muta as he faced WWE's Shinsuke Nakamura.
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CyberFight Festival 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight for its four brands, DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW), and Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro). It took place on June 12, 2022, in Saitama, Japan, at the Saitama Super Arena and aired live on CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe where it featured English commentary.
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After a month of touring around Japan, the New Year’s Golden Series comes to a close over two nights in Sapporo’s Hokkai Kita-Yell on February 19 and 20. Three championship matches highlight Saturdays clashes with what is sure to be a classical main event.
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As NJPW rounds the corner into the last week of the New Year’s Golden Seriers, action hits Osaka on February 13, hitting EDION Arena for the first time in 2022 with an appropriately big main event.
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February 11 sees night nine of the New Year’s Golden Series, and the first championship action of the tour, as Sendai will see the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defended atop a card that is dominated by junior heavyweight action.
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January 20 sees the New year’s Golden Series get underway. The throwback tour title is a call back to the year opening series in the early years for NJPW, and is a fitting name for our golden anniversary celebrations!
Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 3 is an upcoming three-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotions. The event will take place on January 8, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It will be the first time the event will be held over three days and the first one to take place in Yokohama. It will mark the first January 4 Tokyo Dome Show since 2007's Wrestle Kingdom I to be co-produced with another wrestling promotion.
Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2 is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event takes place on January 5, 2022, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It will be the 3rd January 5 Tokyo Dome Show and the 16th promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom name.
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After Wednesday night’s B Block finals, the full card has now been determined for the G1 Climax 31 final on Thursday October 21.
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The G1 Climax is in its final week in Yokohama and Nippon Budokan. Monday October 18 will see the A Block finalist determined, as five remain in the running.
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A Block hit match number eight of nine on October 13 in Sendai. With the competitors in the final stretch, tonight’s four tournament matches will set the stage for the block final in Yokohama on October 18.
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All Elite Wrestling is going to where champions are made as this year's event emanates from the NOW Arena in Chicago, Illinois as AEW World Champion Kenny Omega defends his title against IMPACT World Champion Christian Cage, Andrade El Ídolo goes one-on-one with "The Bastard" PAC, the Young Bucks defend their AEW Tag Team Championship inside a steel cage, and, for the first time in over seven years, CM Punk will once again step inside the squared circle as he faces off against Darby Allin.
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Against All Odds was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on June 12, 2021, and air exclusively on Impact Plus. It was held at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, except for the main event, which was held at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the 10th event under the Against All Odds chronology and the first to be held since the 2019 event.
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New Japan Pro Wrestling will be making its return to Ryogoku Sumo Hall on April 4th, 2021 for Sakura Genesis, an event that was once an annual fixture of the New Japan calendar. Due to both their trip to the US in 2019 and the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020, this will be the first time in three years that this event will take place. As the beloved cherry blossoms fall at roughly 5 centimeters per second outside of the Sumo Hall, inside of it will be one of the most controversial shows in New Japan’s history as the first-ever IWGP World Heavyweight Championship defense will take place in the main event as Will Ospreay challenges Kota Ibushi.
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Tag Team Match TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) vs. The United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay) Six Man Tag Team Match CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) vs. BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens, EVIL & Jay White) (w/Dick Togo & Gedo) IWGP Tag Team Title Match Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (w/Jado) (c) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) NEVER Openweight Title Match Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Great-O-Khan IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Three Way Match (vacant) El Phantasmo vs. BUSHI vs. El Desperado IWGP Intercontinental Title Match Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
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Six Man Tag Team Match Hiroshi Tanahashi & TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) vs. The United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay) Singles Match YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tanga Loa (w/Jado) Singles Match Hirooki Goto vs. Tama Tonga NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling Title YTR Style Texas Strap Match Toru Yano (c) vs. Chase Owens Singles Match Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jay White (w/Gedo) Singles Match Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL (w/Dick Togo)
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Tag Team Match CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano) vs. BULLET CLUB (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) (w/Dick Togo) Eight Man Tag Team Match Kota Ibushi, Master Wato, SHO & Tomoaki Honma vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) Singles Match Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Great-O-Khan No Disqualification Match Satoshi Kojima vs. Will Ospreay NEVER Openweight Title Match Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
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The night after the climactic Wrestle Kingdom 15 at the Tokyo Dome, New Japan Pro Wrestling kicked off their first round of feuds for 2021 at New Year Dash!! at Tokyo Dome City Hall. The show wasn’t as dramatic as some NYDs of the past, but there were a couple of matches worth watching and the beginnings of some very promising angles, including one for one of the best new matches NJPW could do right now.
Night One of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's 15th annual Tokyo Dome event will feature the Dangerous Tekkers taking on The Guerrillas of Destiny for the IWGP Tag Team Championships, Kazuchika Okada facing off against Will Ospreay, and Tetsuya Naito defending his IWGP Heavyweight & IWGP Intercontinental Championships against Kota Ibushi.
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Sengoku Lord in Nagoya was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 25, 2020, in Nagoya, Aichi, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium and was the second event under the Sengoku Lord name, the second in a row in Nagoya, and second in a row that took place at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
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Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 12, 2020, in Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall, and was the twelfth event under the Dominion name and sixth in a row that took place at the Osaka-jō Hall.
Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on June 9, 2019, at the Osaka-jō Hall, in Osaka. It is the eleventh event under the Dominion name and the fifth in a row to take place at the Osaka-jō Hall.
Thirty-three years ago, Jim Crockett Promotions partnered with Mid-South Wrestling to present the first ever Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup in New Orleans, Louisiana. On April 27th, 2019, The National Wrestling Alliance (in association with The Crockett Foundation) will partner with Ring of Honor Wrestling to bring the classic tag-team tournament, The Crockett Cup, back to North Carolina at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, NC.
El campeón de lucha profesional Hiroshi hace su debut como el padre gentil de Shota, de nueve años, cuya comprensión de los buenos contra los malos se ve desafiada cuando descubre que su padre es en realidad el despreciable luchador de tacones Cockroach Mask.
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018 took place in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on January 5, 2018
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Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 11, 2017, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall and was the ninth event under the Dominion name and third in a row to take place at the Osaka-jō Hall.
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Wrestling Dontaku 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2017, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka at Fukuoka Kokusai Center and featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships. The show was headlined by Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Bad Luck Fale. This was the fourteenth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.
NJPW 45th Anniversary Event took place on March 6, 2017 from the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. NJPW Anniversary Event celebrates the anniversary of the first event held by NJPW on March 6, 1972. The main event for the 45th Anniversary show was Kazuchika Okada taking on Tiger Mask W.
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Fallout from New Japan Pro-Wrestling's biggest event of the year.
Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on January 4, 2017, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It was the 26th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show. The show was main evented by Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kenny Omega. Other featured matches saw Tetsuya Naito defend the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against Hirooki Goto and Kushida defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion against Hiromu Takahashi. As part of a partnership between NJPW and the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion, the ROH World Championship was also defended at the event with Adam Cole taking on Kyle O'Reilly. All in all, the event featured eleven matches (one on the pre-show), eight of which were contested for championships.
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Beginning this Saturday, May 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin their annual Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, which started way back in 1988. Two blocks of eight wrestlers compete in a series of singles matches. The top two competitors from each block advance to the Semi-Finals and face off, before the winners of those matches meet in the finals. The winner of the entire thing earns himself a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. This year’s tournament runs from 5/21 until 6/7.
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Invasion Attack 2016 is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on April 10, 2016, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event will feature nine matches, six of which will be contested for championships. The main event will see Kazuchika Okada defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against the winner of the 2016 New Japan Cup, Tetsuya Naito. The event will air worldwide on New Japan Pro Wrestling World and will feature English commentary, provided by Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino. Invasion Attack 2016 will be the fourth event under the Invasion Attack name.
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The New Beginning in Niigata is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on February 14, 2016, in Nagaoka, Niigata, at the Aore Nagaoka. The event will feature nine matches, three of which will be contested for championships. In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi will take on Kenny Omega to determine the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion, following previous champion Shinsuke Nakamura's departure from NJPW. The New Beginning in Niigata will be the ninth event under the New Beginning name and the first to take place in Niigata.
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The New Beginning in Osaka 2016 is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on February 11, 2016, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Edion Arena Osaka. The event will feature nine matches, four of which will be contested for championships. In the main event, Kazuchika Okada will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto. The New Beginning in Osaka will be the eighth event under the New Beginning name and the third under the New Beginning in Osaka name.
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Hot off the happenings of Wrestle Kingdom 10, New Japan Pro Wrestling returns to Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan for New Year Dash 2016.
The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name G1 Tag League in 1999. In 2012, New Japan's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. The World Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The current format, introduced in 2006, is essentially identical to that of the G1 Climax, with the top two scoring teams from two blocks of five or six advancing to the semifinals, and the winners of those matches battling in the final.
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King of Pro-Wrestling (2015) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 12, 2015, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event was NJPW's biggest event between August's G1 Climax and January's Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome and was main evented by Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against A.J. Styles. All in all, the event featured nine matches, four of which were be contested for championships. In addition to airing worldwide through NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World, the event aired in Japan as a regular PPV through SKY PerfecTV!. It was the fourth event under the King of Pro-Wrestling name.
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Lord Gideon Grey vs Gedo
Mark Haskins & Joel Redman vs Tenzan & Kojima
Marty Scurll vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Bullet Club (Gallows & Anderson) vs Revolutionists (Samuels & Castle)
Will Ospreay vs Kazuchika Okada
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Big Damo
Jushin Thunder Liger vs AJ Styles
RevPro brings in some of New Japan Pro Wrestling's top stars squaring up against the best the British scene had to offer.
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The Revolutionists (James Castle & Sha Samuels) vs. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima), Martin Kirby vs. ACH, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Big Damo, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. CHAOS (Gedo & Kazuchika Okada), Kyle O'Reilly vs. KUSHIDA, Tetsuya Naito vs. Mark Haskins, Josh Bodom (c) vs. Jimmy Havoc, AJ Styles (c) vs. Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay.
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Destruction in Kobe (2015) is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on September 27, 2015, in Kobe, Hyōgo at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. The event will feature nine matches, three of which will be contested for championships. It will be the eleventh event under the Destruction name.
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Destruction in Okayama (2015) is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on September 23, 2015, in Okayama, Okayama at the Momotaro Arena. The event will feature nine matches, four of which will be contested for championships. It will be the tenth event under the Destruction name.
G1 Climax Finals: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. Ricochet IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks (c) vs. ReDragon Bullet Club vs. Chaos & The Kingdom ...And More
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Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 5, 2015, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall. The featured ten matches with all six of NJPW's championships on the line, main evented by an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between champion A.J. Styles and challenger Kazuchika Okada. This was the seventh event under the Dominion name and the first to take place in July.
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Wrestling Dontaku 2015 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2015, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka at Fukuoka Kokusai Center and featured nine matches, three of which were contested for championships. In addition to airing worldwide through NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World, the event also aired in Japan as a regular PPV through SKY PerfecTV!'s Sukachan service. It was the twelfth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.
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1. Yuji Nagata, Captain New Japan, Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Sho Tanaka 2. Hiroyoshi TenzanSatoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Cody Hall 3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (c) vs. Rocky Romero & Barreta 4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Máscara Dorada 5. IWGP Tag Team Title: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows (c) vs. Michael Bennett & Matt Taven 6. Special Six Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto & Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI 7. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano 8. Special Singles Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Bad Luck Fale 9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: AJ Styles (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
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1. Satoshi Kojim & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan 2. Tiger Mask & Jay White vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish 3. Special Six Man Tag Match: Mascara Dorada, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson 4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) vs. Chase Owens 5. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 6. Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano 7. Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi 8. Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga 9. NEVER Openweight Title: Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii 10. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
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1. Sho Tanaka vs. Yohei Komatsu 2. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan vs. Tiger Mask #4 & Máscara Dorada 3. Rob Conway & Chase Owens vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Thunder Liger 4. Kota Ibushi vs. Tomoaki Honma 5. 3-Way Match - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles Match: Time Splitters (KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley) vs. reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) (c) vs. Young Bucks (Nick Jackson &Matt Jackson) 6. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi 7. Special Match: BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga) vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba 8. Special Match: Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs. CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) 9. IWGP Tag Team Titles Match: BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata (c) 10. IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)
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Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2015. It was the 24th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first event on the 2015 NJPW schedule. The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, six of which were for championships. In the double main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. The appearance of Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers led to a storyline in which NJPW's Suzuki-gun group began wrestling at Noah events starting the week after Wrestle Kingdom 9. Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was broadcast with English commentary as a GFW event.
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome Night 6 took place in Tokyo, Japan on December 20, 2014. The main event was a six man tag featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Togi Makabe taking on Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii.
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The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name G1 Tag League in 1999. In 2012, New Japan's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. The 2014 finals featured Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata battling Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson.
The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name G1 Tag League in 1999. In 2012, New Japan's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. The 2014 finals featured Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata battling Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson.
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Destruction in Kobe (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 21, 2014, in Kobe, Hyōgo at the Kobe World Memorial Hall.The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships. In the main event of the show, Chaos' Shinsuke Nakamura challenged Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
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NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
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NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2014. It was the 23rd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the eighth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. Like the previous year, the event aired worldwide on internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event featured ten matches, six of which were contested for championships. For the first time in twenty years, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship was defended during the event with NWA representative Rob Conway defending against Satoshi Kojima. The event was headlined by a double main event; Shinsuke Nakamura defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito.
The final event of the NJPW 2013 World Tag League, live from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Destruction was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event aired domestically as a regular pay-per-view (PPV) and internationally as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event was headlined by Kazuchika Okada defending his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Satoshi Kojima.
The G1 Climax tournament carries on from Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
The G-1 Climax comes to a conclusion at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
The G1 (Grade One) Climax professional wrestling tournament is a weeklong event held each August by the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. The G1 draws standing room only crowds each night, record receipt gates and generates front-page coverage on the sports sections of several of the daily newspapers in Tokyo. Though it has sometimes been held as a single-elimination tournament, it is usually (and currently) held as a round-robin, with winners from two blocks wrestling in the final to decide that year's winner. The winner of each block is determined by a points system; two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.
Invasion Attack was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event aired domestically as a regular pay-per-view (PPV) and internationally as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi defending his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against rival Kazuchika Okada.
Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2013. It was the 22nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the seventh held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured eleven matches (including two dark matches), five of which were contested for championships. The event featured outside participation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) representative Keiji Mutoh, Pro Wrestling Zero1 representative Shinjiro Otani, and American freelancer Shelton Benjamin. For the first time in five years, the event did not feature wrestlers from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). For the first time, the event was made available for international market on internet pay-per-view (iPPV).
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King of Pro-Wrestling (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 8, 2012, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. It was the first event under the King of Pro-Wrestling name. In the main event Hiroshi Tanahashi defended his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki.
We Are Pro-Wrestling Love was a supercard produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling and All-Japan Pro Wrestling to celebrate the companies' 40th anniversaries.
Dominion 6.16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 16, 2012, in Osaka, Osaka, at the newly renamed Bodymaker Colosseum. The event featured ten matches, four of which were contested for championships. The Main Event Was Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championshi. It was the fourth event under the Dominion name.
NJPW celebrates their 40th anniversary from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Wrestling Dontaku 2011 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2011, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. The event featured 10 matches, 4 of which were contested for championships. The Main Event featured The IWGP Heavyweight Championship on the line as Shinsuke Nakamura challenges Hiroshi Tanahashi.
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Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムV in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu V in Tōkyō Dōmu) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2011. It was the 20th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the fifth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured thirteen matches (including two dark matches), four of which were contested for championships. The show included wrestlers from the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotions for the fourth and third year in a row, respectively. During the show, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was defended for the first time in Japan. Wrestlers from DDT Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1 also took part in the show.
A NJPW wrestling event that celebrates the 25th Anniversary of NJPW superstar Masahiro Chono.
All Japan Pro Wrestling presents Realize on pay-per-view from Tokyo, Japan.
ROH closes out 2003 with a bang, presenting their second annual Final Battle event.
AJPW celebrates its 31st anniversary, headlined by Toshiaki Kawada facing Don Frye.
Event promoted by Keiji Mutoh with help from All Japan, K-1, and Pride. Wrestle-1 was a strange idea by Mutoh (the All Japan booker) and was promoted by All Japan, so even though it wasn't "officially" an All Japan event it might as well have been. There’s a few “feature” matches. Some good-looking junior stuff on the undercard, Muto & Goldberg teaming up against Kronik, and Bob Sapp facing a “mystery opponent.”
MLW heats up Florida with this incredible event, "King of Kings." Superstars from around the world arrived in Ft. Lauderdale to battle for the Major League Wrestling in a night filled with incredible action from international superstars, legends of wrestling, and the superstars of tomorrow.
MLW reloads with an event that cannot be missed! See Satoshi Kojima debut and win not only the MLW World Heavyweight Championship - but the hearts of a capacity crowd at the Manhattan Center in New York City!
The fifth Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 5, 2001, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome.
New Japan Pro Wrestling's Hyper Battle Tour comes to a close on its 15th and final day.
NJPW closes out the final Tokyo Dome show of the 20th Century with a loaded card featuring the promotion's top stars.
NJPW and WCW's biggest stars clash in the Tokyo Dome.
Wrestling Dontaku 1993 was the first Wrestling Dontaku professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The event took place on May 3, 1993, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka at the Fukuoka Dome.
NJPW presents the 12th night of the Tag Team Wrestling Scramble, Battle Zone Space II.